Following the Saturday warning of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency advised consumers that cantaloupes grown in Honduras are being recalled after salmonella outbreaks in North America.

Officials have cautioned the public not to eat melons from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer. The melons may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria and appear to be related to salmonella litchfield reports in Canada and the US

The Nassau County Department of Health reported Saturday that a Long Island fast food worker had typhoid fever.The patient is a food handler at a Mama Sbarro's in Hicksville, New York. Officials warned those who ate at the restaurant between March 14 and March 16 may have some risk of exposure.

The restaurant has passed two surprise health inspections since Friday, which was when the county was informed about the food handler's condition

The fear of discovering a massive war syndrome among American troops returning from Iraq was the cause of Pentagon's postponement of routine brain screening among American soldiers for mild brain injuries.

Col. Kenneth Cox, head of Pentagon's medical assessment division, explained the Department of Defense delayed the conduct of brain screenings to steer clear of another potential Gulf War syndrome discovered among American soldiers in the 1990s. "Some individuals will seek diagnosis from provider to provider to provider," Cox told USA Today

The Canadian Pediatric Society is reviewing its position on lindane-based anti-lice products and its current recommendation that they not be used on infants and children under 17.

This as environmentalists urge parents of children battling head lice to avoid over-the-counter treatments that contain the pesticide outlawed for agricultural use in dozen of countries - including Canada - because of its adverse effects on humans and the water supply

The Oswego County and New York State Health Department are investigating the death of a SUNY Oswego student Friday morning, in a likely a case of bacterial meningococcal meningitis. Craig Schiesser, an18-year-old freshman, was taken to the Oswego Hospital emergency room the same morning.

As a result, the school's president, Deborah Stanley sent out an alert to those persons who were in close contact with the infected student within the past 10 days are at risk of infection